Lawas Airport

Lawas Airport

Lapangan Terbang Lawas
MASWings Twin Otter on the Lawas runway
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerGovernment of Malaysia
OperatorMalaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
ServesLawas
LocationLawas, Sarawak, Malaysia
Time zoneMST (UTC+08:00)
Elevation AMSL5 ft / 2 m
Coordinates04°50′57″N 115°24′10″E / 4.84917°N 115.40278°E / 4.84917; 115.40278
Map
WBGW is located in East Malaysia
WBGW
WBGW
Location in East Malaysia
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
01/19 758 2,487 Bitumen
Source: AIP Malaysia[1][2]

Lawas Airport (IATA: LWY, ICAO: WBGW)[3] is a Short Take-off and Landing (STOL) airport serving Lawas, a town in Limbang Division, Sarawak, Malaysia.

A plan has been made to relocate the current airport to a new site, because the current site is considered unsafe. The airport is located near a river, and some land corrosion had been spotted along the riverbank. The proposed new airport will be able to accommodate ATR 72-500 aircraft operated by MASwings, and the airport will not only be used by people in Lawas, but also people near the surrounding Sarawak-Sabah border.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
MASwings Ba'kelalan, Kota Kinabalu, Limbang, Miri

Incidents and Accidents

  • On 24 August 2011, a MASwings aircraft Twin Otter DHC6 broke off its front landing gear upon landing. All 16 passengers and two crew escaped unharmed in the incident.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ AIP Malaysia: Index to Aerodromes at Department of Civil Aviation Malaysia
  2. ^ "AIRPORTS IN SARAWAK". Ministry of Transport Sarawak (MOTS). Retrieved 26 October 2024.
  3. ^ Airport information for LWY at Great Circle Mapper.
  4. ^ "18 survive crash-landing in Lawas". The Borneo Post. 25 August 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
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